Met Office
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The new building on the edge of Exeter
The Met Office (note: no longer an abbreviation for Meteorological Office but a name in itself), which has its headquarters at Exeter in Devon, is the UK's national weather service.
Established in 1854 as a small department within the Board of Trade under Robert FitzRoy as a service to mariners, the Met Office later became part of the Ministry of Defence. It currently holds a quasi-governmental role, being required to act commercially but also remaining an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence. In 2003 it moved to its present location from Bracknell in Berkshire.
See also
- Hadley Centre - Climate arm of the Met Office
- UK topics
- Climate of the United Kingdom
- Meteorology
External links
- Met Office homepage (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/)
- History of the Met Office (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/history/)
- BBC Weather Centre (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/)